directness vs characteristic

characteristic vs directness

directness and characteristic both are nouns.

directness is not an adjective while characteristic is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
directness	Yes	No	No	No
characteristic	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, characteristic is a hypernym of directness; that is, characteristic is a word with a broader meaning than directness:

directness: trueness of course toward a goal
characteristic: a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something

directness (noun)	characteristic (noun)
trueness of course toward a goal	a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech	any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
	a prominent attribute or aspect of something
	the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2

directness (adjective)	characteristic (adjective)
	typical or distinctive

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